Nomedia file

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Nomedia files ({{ext|nomedia}}) are 0-byte files in Android that tell apps not to index this folder. Without these 0-byters, random app cache like from Wish or even thumbnail cache would appear in your photos app, cluttering up your photo album, and getting backed up, wasting storage.
 
Nomedia files ({{ext|nomedia}}) are 0-byte files in Android that tell apps not to index this folder. Without these 0-byters, random app cache like from Wish or even thumbnail cache would appear in your photos app, cluttering up your photo album, and getting backed up, wasting storage.
 
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Latest revision as of 03:44, 24 November 2021

File Format
Name Nomedia file
Ontology
Extension(s) .nomedia

Nomedia files (.nomedia) are 0-byte files in Android that tell apps not to index this folder. Without these 0-byters, random app cache like from Wish or even thumbnail cache would appear in your photos app, cluttering up your photo album, and getting backed up, wasting storage.

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